NCERT Book Class 4 EVS The Valley of Flowers

Chapter 11

The Valley of Flowers

In the hills of Uttaranchal there is a place where there are flowers everywhere. This place is called the ‘Valley of Flowers’. In some places, one sees red flowers blooming on bushes, while in others one finds white flowers peeping out between the stones. There are wide areas carpeted with the brightest yellow flowers. And suddenly, elsewhere, blue flowers shining like tiny stars between the grass. All this seems like a beautiful dream, doesn’t it? Yes, because like a dream these flowers bloom only for a few weeks in the year.

Now close your eyes and imagine that you have reached such a place. How does it feel? Which songs do you feel like singing?

Ö Have you ever seen so many flowers grow together anywhere? where?

Ö How many differently coloured flowers have you seen?

Ö Write their colours

Ö Now you were just left counting, weren’t you?

Are there any things in your house which have designs of flowers made on them – like clothes, sheets, vases, etc.? Here is a floral design in the box below. For the teacher: Encourage children to locate Uttaranchal on the map. The design in the picture is called ‘Madhubani’. It is a very old form of folk art. Do you know why it is called Madhubani?

There is a district in Bihar called Madhubani. Here, during festivals and happy occasions, the walls of the houses and their courtyards are painted with such pictures. These paintings are made out of paste of powdered rice in which colour has been mixed. The colours used in Madhubani painting are very special too. To make them, indigo (Neel), turmeric (Haldi), colours from flowers and trees, etc., are used. The paintings show human beings, animals, trees, flowers, birds, fish and many other animals.

Ö Look at the designs made by your friends as well.

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